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Table 2 Data Sources

From: Implementing continuity of midwife carer – just a friendly face? A realist evaluation

Source

Number

Dates

Type of data

Sources informing initial programme theories

 Published literature

 

From Nov 2016

Papers and reports

 Stakeholder interviews

4 leaders at macro level

June – Sept 2017

Interview transcripts

 Baseline survey

321 midwives responded

Oct – Dec 2017

Survey data including free text

 Participant observations

Local and national events

From Jan 2017

Field notes

Sources for testing programme theories (in addition to above)

 Facilitated CMC Team Meetings

12 meetings

Dec 2018 - Aug 2019

Field notes & summaries

 CMC team surveys

15 (Team 1: 11 surveys, 50 responses; Team 2: 2 surveys, 18 responses)

Jan -Sept 2019

Quality improvement survey data

 Local implementation meetings

 

Feb 2017 - Sept 2019

Field notes

 National implementation and leader meetings

 

May 2018 - Sept 2019

Field notes

 Women receiving CMC from local teams

89 women

Feb – Nov 2019

Service evaluation questionnaire data including free text

 Wider workforce not in CMC team

36 midwives: 12 community and 24 hospital based

Feb- March 2019

Audit data

 Participant observations

National stakeholder events

March 2017 and May 2019

Field notes

 One-to-one midwife interviews

9 midwives: 4 leaders (3 not in health board); 2 in CMC teams; 3 in standard model.

May – Aug 2019

Interview transcripts